Laravel 5 blog (part 0): Setting up the environment on Mac/Linux
Setting up Composer This lesson is a short guide for Mac/Linux users. If you work on Windows 10, read the article Web developer environment on Windows about preparing your system for Laravel development. Open a terminal and go to your home directory, for example: cd /Users/<USER_NAME>/ Run the command below to download Composer. It creates a Phar (PHP Archive) file named composer.phar: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php Now move composer.phar to /usr/local/bin/ and set permissions so you can run it without sudo every time: ...